Hey all!
I have a very noisy Herbie that is draining bubbles...
I have a 150 gallon custom tank with holes drilled in the bottom going to a tigger systems 30 gallon sump. I amusing 1” drain lines, both emergency and main drain. I have (2) dc 2245gph pumps going upthrough bottom drilled holes and t out to lokline. I have built this same system over and over on every custom tank I make. .... with one exception; I did not use overflow boxes. My pvc comes straight up out of the bulk head (1”) and I have a strainer on top of that that looks a lot like a ufo and about 4” across. Yes it get enough flow through it. I even pulled the pvc out of the bulk head to test the theory.
with the exception of no overflow box this system has worked for me over and over. The head of the pvc is about 8 inches down at this point, I’ve cut it twice in testing. I’ve checked every joint for leaks and can find none. There is no little tornado looking thing on the top of the water indicating air getting in.
I have alsocut my emergency drain down to make it a main drain and see if I was getting the same problem. Yup! Exact same issue. So I am figuring it’s got to be a no overflow box issue but absolutely do not under stand why.
please, someone tell me what to try, why my attempt at no overflowbox won’t work, or just slap me real hard and lead me down a better path.
thanks in advance for reading this long post and for the help you ay be able to offer me!
I have a very noisy Herbie that is draining bubbles...
I have a 150 gallon custom tank with holes drilled in the bottom going to a tigger systems 30 gallon sump. I amusing 1” drain lines, both emergency and main drain. I have (2) dc 2245gph pumps going upthrough bottom drilled holes and t out to lokline. I have built this same system over and over on every custom tank I make. .... with one exception; I did not use overflow boxes. My pvc comes straight up out of the bulk head (1”) and I have a strainer on top of that that looks a lot like a ufo and about 4” across. Yes it get enough flow through it. I even pulled the pvc out of the bulk head to test the theory.
with the exception of no overflow box this system has worked for me over and over. The head of the pvc is about 8 inches down at this point, I’ve cut it twice in testing. I’ve checked every joint for leaks and can find none. There is no little tornado looking thing on the top of the water indicating air getting in.
I have alsocut my emergency drain down to make it a main drain and see if I was getting the same problem. Yup! Exact same issue. So I am figuring it’s got to be a no overflow box issue but absolutely do not under stand why.
please, someone tell me what to try, why my attempt at no overflowbox won’t work, or just slap me real hard and lead me down a better path.
thanks in advance for reading this long post and for the help you ay be able to offer me!